Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of change digitally as businesses have to adjust quickly to COVID-19 and its impact across the globe. Today it was announced that both Yelp and Google My Business made critical updates to their review and support policies. Here is the impact on Chatmeter and your business.
If you woke up this morning with a new Google Maps icon on your phone, you’re not alone. Yesterday, Google announced an updated look for the Google Maps app on Andriod and iOS in honor of its 15th anniversary. Here’s a look at what’s new for Google Maps, beyond a shiny new logo.
In our latest edition of our Local Brand Report, Chatmeter takes a look at how the largest retail brands are performing during one of the largest shopping events of the year, Black Friday. Retailers must be sure they’re providing the best online and offline consumer experience at brick-and-mortar retail stores during Black Friday and throughout the rest of the year. In this report, we placed 20 of America’s largest retailers in a head-to-head battle with one of their biggest competitors to see who won the race to provide the best customer experience.
In 2019 we saw a transformation of how people searched for local businesses, from the rise in voice search adoption to increased expectations for local convenience. Below are the most essential insights behind Think with Google’s 2019 Research Review, that brands can leverage for their 2020 Local SEO strategy.
2019, has been a big year for local search. In the past year, both the local search market and Chatmeter have transformed a lot. To address the changing local search landscape, Chatmeter added 5 new or updated products and hundreds of feature enhancements to the dashboard. Here’s a look at some of the biggest changes throughout 2019.
Here at Chatmeter, we’ve seen a lot of trends come and go but I have to admit, we’re pretty excited about all the new trends taking off in 2020. We’ve rounded up a list of the biggest marketing trends for the next year and even included some helpful resources to help get you started. This list covers trends in voice and visual search, influencer marketing, AI & Text Analytics, Customer Experience, Content Control, and even the tools and platforms we’re all using to accomplish all of these things.
Starting today, October 25th, 2019, Google will begin rolling out a new update to its core search algorithm, referred to as the BERT update. This new Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology will be one of the biggest changes to rankings in the past 5 years. Here’s a look at how BERT works and what it means for your business.
Recently, Google announced they will no longer display review rich snippets in search results for Local Businesses and Organizations. In this latest Google update, Google will start ignoring schema markup for reviews on the websites of local businesses and organizations. Here’s a look at what that means and how it will affect your business.
As leaders in local search, Chatmeter has become known for our industry reports where we look at how some of the biggest brick-and-mortar enterprise brands in the US perform online. In our commitment to educating various industries about local brand management and helping them to improve the customer experience and ultimately scale their business, Chatmeter is now analyzing the financial services industry.
Amazon Prime Day has ignited an annual retail sale often referred to as “Black Friday in July”. This two day event by the eCommerce giant has become so popular that it’s sparked brick-n-mortar competitors to take advantage of the event through sales of their own. In a time when many believe traditional retail is dead, the following brands are showing why brick-n-mortar stores have advantages eCommerce brands can’t.